What Reporters Should Know About Dallas’ Updated LGBT Ordinance

November 13, 2015 10:46 am ET

SUMMARY: The Dallas City Council recently voted to clarify and update the language in the city’s existing non-discrimination ordinance, which has protected LGBT people from discrimination in housing, employment, and public accommodations since 2002. Anti-LGBT groups are attacking the vote, claiming it creates new protections that would allow male sexual predators to enter women’s restrooms. But these protections have existed for over a decade, and experts in Dallas have already debunked right-wing talking points about bathroom safety.